Good morning Razzballia! First off, I’d like to give ya’ll my thanks for reading and supporting the site and talking fantasy football with me as if I’m not the biggest dork this side of Clay Aiken. It is nice getting three games on this, the holiest of turkey days. I am already stuffed from the continuous pre-grazing on a cornucopia of gastronomic delights. This post will probably be short since purging is in my near future.

Make sure you join our Tofurducken Bowl at FanDuel. See if you can gather the best group of players from the teams going today. I’ll also put a couple leagues together for the Sunday/Monday games.

With this short week before today’s three games it’s been hard to gauge injuries. It kind of sucks needing to choose between players going Thursday and Sunday. But that is the burden we bear!

Jahvid Best: He is listed as probable, but if you haven’t dropped him all the way off your team, you should drop him to your bench at least. I need to hear much more promising reports before I think about starting him.

Tony Scheffler: He is almost certainly out which is great news for Pettigrew and Lord Voldemort (who is that? Shaun Hill?)

Reggie Bush: Payton and company are being hush hush regarding Bush’s playing status. Hes practiced, but Payton says he won’t play him unless he is 100% The only good thing about that is we should be able to throw him out there if he plays.

Jeremy Shockey: He should be a game time decision like Bush, so playing Jimmy Graham just got a little riskier.

Felix Jones: He was limited in practice on Wednesday and will be a game time decision. I would rather not risk it unless you have no other options. If he doesn’t go, Marion Barber will get the start with Tashard Choice getting more work. It isn’t the greatest fantasy situation in the world.

Tom Brady: He is listed as questionable which means little to nothing. He’ll play.

Pierre Thomas: He practiced on Monday, but then hasn’t practiced since. The Saints beat reporters are assuming there was a setback. We’ll just have to proceed in wait and see mode for now.

Owen Daniels: It isn’t looking great for OD which is good for JD. Dreesen will have a nice matchup if Daniels doesn’t go.

Jonathan Stewart: Mike Goodson has earned some playing time, but Every Other-Daily Show should get the start which will hurt both their values.

Brandon Marshall: His injury looks like it will keep him out this week and possibly next week. He’s been a disappointment to say the least. This would make Davone Bess and Brian Hartline the starters and probably give Hartline a good chance at being fantasy worthy.

Mike Williams (SEA): It’s not looking good for him to play this week. We don’t really have much of a timetable though.

Patrick Crayton: The return of Vincent Jackson was already hurting him, but wrist surgery hurts him more. He hasn’t been put on IR yet, but you should put him on TC. (The Curb)

Joseph Addai: He plays Sunday night and looks like he will be a game time decision. I would play it safe and bench him, but this also makes Donald Brown a little riskier.

Zach Miller: He is practicing, but probably needs to be off his foot instead. I’m not really sure what to do with him. He’ll probably go again this week, but he will probably be less than 100%. I may start looking for better options.

C.J. Spiller: I hesitate to even mention him here since that indicates he may be startable at some point. He has an outside shot at playing this weekend, but of course you wouldn’t even consider playing him against Pittsburgh. He should be on your waiver wire.

Malcom Floyd: He had a hammy setback (he didn’t want the kids getting into it and he is a pork fiend at the Thanksgiving table). Keep an eye on this, if he doesn’t go, that is Crayton and him both out which will make for some interesting discussions around the fake football fire.

Ryan Mathews: He’s still not practicing. Talk about a wasted pick. Hopefully you have Mike Tolbert to pick up the slack.

Chad Henne: There is a chance he will play this weekend. That’s a long ways from the catastrophic knee injury we were hearing tales of.

Andre Johnson: Finally some good news; AJ practiced in full and looks 100ish% Hopefully he can have a run at the end of this season like he did last year.

Ben Watson: He didn’t practice and could miss this week. For those in 2TE leagues, Evan Moore would make a decent pickup.

Ahmad Bradshaw: Due to his fumbling he has been demoted behind Brandon Jacobs. How much of this “demotion” is for show and how much is fo reals yo, is hard to tell. The Giants will need to run with half of their receivers playing extras on The Walking Dead, so don’t bench him automatically, but do temper expectations.

Tony Romo: Dallas is now saying Week 16 for a possible return. Who frickin knows? I had a waiver claim in on him and dropped it. Good thing too, he wasn’t claimed.

How stupid would I have to be to start Keiland, Goodson and Blount over Bradshaw? Also, Kitna or Ryan? Why is everyone so up in arms against Ryan when Kitna is facing the Saints, the second best passing defense in the league, especially with Ryan at home, where he never loses?

@Anonymous: Green Bay has given up a total of 9 TDs and had 15 INTs against QBs this season. Ryan could win and still throw for one TD. Kitna could easily be in a shootout and NO. Ryan is safer not to throw up a crapper, but Kitna has more upside.

@Doc: thanks as always for the help! Happy Thanksgiving! Maybe if we go around the table tomorrow to say what we’re thankful for, I should make sure to say “I’m thankful for Doc and his fake football advice!”

OK, I’ve got Bradshaw in PPR. Got Torain and Felix on the bench. Got PT sitting on waivers right now. Do I drop Torain for PT’s upside once he comes back? Normally I’d just keep my team but this Bradshaw news is scaring me just enough to want to make a move. Since Portis is done, I am still thinking Torain would be nice to hold on to just to see what happens but was wondering your opinion? I could also drop Romo for PT but I’ve been playing musical QB’s ever since Kolb got the boot and would just LOVE it if Romo could make it back for the playoffs. I’ve also got a waiver claim out on Shaun Hill, sucks that he plays tomorrow and waivers go through on Wednesday (because someone dropped him so I have to wait 3 more days…).

@Doc: Whats your thoughts on the risk of starting Vernon Davis with his injured ankle….Im in a league that heavily weighs points scored as a component in the standings…would you start him with him confidence (and he plays MNF too) or would you look elsewhere like boss, heap or dreesens for a safer option. Last week he screwed me with 0.90 pts…… (.5ppr)

Also, whod you start as WR3 and flex? (.5ppr):Holmes, Woodhead, Crabtree, Mike Thomas and (BJGE)? Ideally id like to take advantage of both woodhead and BJGE vs DET, but thats only possible if id start woodhead over holmes for WR3 and that could be getting too cute since holmes is on a tear

Again I need to score as many points as possible too in a .5ppr league

Happy Turkey Day Doc! I’ve got Ahmad Bradshaw and Brandon Jacobs on my PPR league squad and to make a long story short one of my RB slots has to go to one of these guys this week. I know, what a cluster. Based on the news that Jacobs is now ‘starting’, which of these two guys would you play?

Trade help on turkey day. In first place with McNabb and S Hill as my QB. This is a keeper league and sub 500 team is offering my Schaub, Cadalic Williams and J. James rb from the colts for S Hill, Keiland Williams and Ryan Torian. I do have Mendenhall, Blount and Shone Greene as my other RB’s. I know Hill has been a fantasy beast over the past few weeks but Schaub is a legit number 1. Should i pull the trigger on this trade.

DOc: Happy Thanksgiving! Bradshaw is killing me. Q: for ros, would yourather have Ryan Torain or Maurice Morris based on his performance so far today? My RBs are Foster, Gore, Bradshaw,Blount and Torain. I’m asuming Gore’ll get hurt at some point, ansd I’m assuming Torain will come back at some point soon. should I cut him for Morris though?